“They taste like cardboard,” he says. Curried Chicken Salad created by: Ellie Krieger cookbook author, "So
His 40-year-old orchard is small – just 20 acres – and has always been chemical free. 27052 East Highway 120
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But the primary culprit was pesticides. sunnygem.com, Sunrise Almonds
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First, he experienced a nearly 100% loss of his hives from an infestation of tracheal mites.
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862 Almond Avenue, CA 95912
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Watsonville, CA 95076
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(The maker, Bayer-owned Monsanto, denies the cancer link when people use Roundup at the prescribed dosage.
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California is U.S. leader in growing
[1], In the 2015/2016 crop year, the California almond industry produced over 1.5 million metric tons of hulls and over 0.5 million metric tons of shells. Phone: (661) 725-1832
thealmondcompany.com, Almonds of California
16471 W. Whitesbridge Rd. In a large bowl, stir together the yogurt, mayonnaise, and curry powder. Phone: (209) 605-7390, Barnard Organic Farms
[3] While the EU is the largest consumer, the latter two countries are expanding markets where the state's Almond Board has actively marketed the nuts as a healthy snack. Phone: (530) 865-4015, Beckner Farms
A commanding presence with biceps toned from hoisting heavy bee boxes, Arp is the sort of diligent beekeeper who spends his days driving between apiary sites, and his nights studying online forums, reading articles on the latest mite treatment. 500 North F Street
When cheap imported honey began cutting into Arp’s profits in the 1980s, he decided to send some of his hives with a beekeeper friend to pollinate almonds in California. Grapes sometimes come in 2nd, but it's a neck to neck
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He is the first and still one of the few organic almond growers in California’s San Joaquin Valley. and begin snacking. 23073 S. Frederick Rd. P.O. Box 787
Phone: (916) 944-4578, Prison Industry Authority
Arp would have plenty to sell in stores, but more importantly, the bumper harvest would strengthen his bees for their biggest task of the coming year. [4] Prices rose over the same period, fueled in part by overseas demand. Commercial almond growers may rent hives during the blooming season to ensure pollination success. This shouldn’t be happening to someone like Arp, a beekeeper with decades of experience. minutes. Box 5365
Bakersfield, CA 93309
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However, declining demand for these uses combined with an increasing supply of almonds has created a mismatch. As a result, some Chinese businesses have resorted to importing almonds from other producers in Africa and Australia. P.O. Glenn, CA 95943
Phone: (559) 449-1721
desserts. The fruit of the almond tree (and, thus, the almonds themselves) are usually produced as a response to pollination as a method of sexual reproduction. A decade later he struck up a deal of his own with an almond grower in California’s Kern county.
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